Posted on 02/27/2013 5:23:06 PM PST by Biggirl
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Much like their human owners, animals have to deal with unwanted weight, too.
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I hope that’s not a pic of a real dog.
If it is,it’s animal abuse.
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Try substituting 1/2 her kibble with cooked green beans. The green beans will provide the extra bulk to satify her so she won’t realize she’s been put on a diet. You can use either canned or frozen green beans, I prefer the frozen because of the sodium in the canned green beans.
I warm the green beans with a little canned dog food and the pups eat ‘em right down.
LSAggie (posting on hubby’s account)
I’m appalled how people are always stuffing their dogs full of treats. It’s disgusting.
I saw this personally by my husband’s uncle who loves English Springers. When I first met the family I saw how fat their current dog was. They had a whole closet full of dog food and whole variety of treats. They loved giving treats all the time. The dog loved it. This dog was 100 lbs. Bloated as a hog. The corker was when a person at the park they walked in (where the dog was a popular fixture, and regulars there also gave him treats) thought he was a St. Bernard! ROFL touche!
My husband said their previous Springer, female, was not food motivated. But they always shoved food in her face. He said the dog looked tired of their harassment and seemed to be looking at them like “if I eat this 1, will you stop bugging me?” She was not fat.
Please tell me that picture has been photoshopped. Just an observation about the subject at hand. All my overweight pets have been former strays. They would never or have never pass/passed up an opportunity to eat. I guess the learned behavior to eat whenever they found food is really hard to unlearn.
Now, any of the kittens these strays had before I could have them turned into its are proof positive there are calories in air. They eat only what they need then find their way to a sunny patch on the floor, the sofa or my bed for a nap.
I wouldn’t believe it, except I’ve seen my uncle-in-law’s dog.
There’s actually a theory that it’s the bacteria in our gut that has gone haywire. Rats being used for scientific experiments are getting fatter, but are being feed exactly what they’ve always been fed.
FWIW
I call him livestock for lean times. He does not see the humor in it at all.
>I got smarter about the food I feed myself and saw the benefit of feeding my dog a better quality dog food.
I’ve had 2 dogs live to be 18+. I find quality dog food keeps dogs living longer and needing just a check-up from the vet, instead of constant skin problems, heart disease and obesity.
My latest stray is a Lab that weighed 58 pounds when I took him for his initial vet visit. The vet told me..”let’s get some weight on him” (I agreed, he was way too thin for his size)
So once his health problems cleared up and he was eating regularly he weighed in at about 70 pounds. Good weight for his size,imho. So the vet tells me...he needs to weigh about 50 pounds, less than he weighed as a stray. I’m still confused.
He’s an old guy. Unless his weight gets out of control..I’m gonna let him eat.
I used to live in Montgomery County, Maryland. The County Council actually tried to pass a leash law for cats.
Cats were never meant to be inside animals....they have claws and hunting abilities for a reason. Now, they are stuck inside small apt.s never walking on grass or climbing trees. They get very little exercise.
I agree. I’ve been doing some reading on the subject (pertaining to cats, specifically). Cats can’t digest carbohydrates; the pasty, grain-heavy dry food we give them is very bad for them. I fed it to every cat I’ve owned, and I only wish I had known better. One of my cats was diabetic, and I’m convinced dry food was the culprit.
There are other benefits to grain-free, all-protein diets for cats. Their coats stay in better condition, they don’t have as many hairballs, and they suffer less gum disease (contrary to dry food makers’ claims of teeth-cleaning, the stuff actually cakes up into a paste on the gumline).
The next cat I get will definitely have a meat-only diet.
OMG! ROTFL
My two adult kitties get all the outside time they want. I know they do at least a little climbing, as often as I see them walking along the top of the fence or on the roof.
Near as I can tell, they don’t do a lot of hunting. Apple occasionally chases bugs, but mostly just suns herself. And Patch (my rescue kitteh) definitely needs more exercise; she’s starting to look pregnant.
As long as he doesn’t waddle, let him be happy and eat what he wants.
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